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Detailed explanation-1: -The inscription on Saptamatrikas discovered by the ASI near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India has discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so far for the Saptamatrika cult.

Detailed explanation-2: -Description. Dated to the 1st-century BCE, the Hathibada Ghosundi Inscriptions are among the oldest known Sanskrit inscriptions in Brahmi script from the Hindu tradition of ancient India, particularly Vaishnavism.

Detailed explanation-3: -First appearance of writing in the Indian Subcontinent The Bronze Age Indus script remains undeciphered and may not actually represent a writing system. Hence, the first undisputed evidence of writing in the South Asian Subcontinent are the Edicts of Ashoka from c. 250 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest Satavahana inscription is the one found on a slab of the upper drum (medhi) of the Kanaganahalli Great Stupa mentioning year 16 of Vasisthiputra Sri Chimuka Satavahana’s reign, which can be dated from ca. 110 BCE.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ahiram epitaph is the earliest substantial inscription in Phoenician.